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Restaurants

Food We Loved in 2025
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Food We Loved in 2025

Our restaurant critics’ favorite meals in Portland come from all corners of the globe.

By WW StaffDecember 23, 2025 at 4:35 pm PST

Most Divisive Restaurant of 2025: OK Omens
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Most Divisive Restaurant of 2025: OK Omens

Some of us had our best meals of 2025 at OK Omens. Some of us would beg to differ.

By WW StaffDecember 23, 2025 at 4:30 pm PST

What We’re Cooking This Week: Potato Confit Frittata
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What We’re Cooking This Week: Potato Confit Frittata

Concebollistas and sincebollistas are fiercely divided over whether onions belong in this potato-based dish.

By Jim DixonDecember 23, 2025 at 4:09 pm PST

JinJu Patisserie Announces Dec. 28 Closure
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JinJu Patisserie Announces Dec. 28 Closure

The James Beard Award-winning bakery declined to sign the lease for a larger location—but is still hoping to find a new home.

By Andrew JankowskiDecember 19, 2025 at 11:33 am PST

Have Yourself a Fat, Wet, Juicy, Tasty Christmas
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Have Yourself a Fat, Wet, Juicy, Tasty Christmas

We scoured Portland restaurants for holiday oysters.

By Tim TranDecember 16, 2025 at 11:15 pm PST

The Buck Stops Here
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The Buck Stops Here

Here’s where to find buck-shuck and two-buck shuck happy hours around Portland.

By Andrew JankowskiDecember 16, 2025 at 11:00 pm PST

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Drinks We Loved in 2025


Deadstock Coffee Is Stepping Out of Old Town


Rosenstadt Brewing’s Fünf Null Drei IPA Is a Stein of Deutsch-Portland Ingenuity


Starbucks Workers Rally One Month Into Strike


F.H. Steinbart, the Country’s Oldest Homebrew Supply Store, Announces Closure


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